Shoe-fastener.



A. PETERSON.

SHOE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. 1911.

1,256,254. Peeeneed Feb. 12, 1918.

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Application filed Ma a, 1917. Serial a... 167,48-

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l3e it known-that I ARCHIE Pn'rnnsox, a. citizen of the Uinted tates, residing at Los Angeles', in the county of Los Angeles and State of California have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in.S hoe-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention "relates to an. improved shoe fastener and has as its primary object I to provide an arrangement wherein the shoe lace may be easily and quickly loosened for shoe withouti the necessity of passing the shoe lace through the uppermost eyelets of the shoe.

"and the invention. has as a still -further Object to provide a fastener'which will be neat and attractive in appearaneeand which may be readily employed upon substantially any conventional type of shoe.

Other and incidental objects will appear aspthe'description proceeds and in thedraw- I ings wherein I have illustrated the referred embodiment of the invention an wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding views: i

Figure 1 is a perspective view showlng a shoe equipped with my improved fastener;

Fig. :2 is a fragmentary perspectlve view parts throughout the several showing th arrangement of the eyelets at opposite sides of the upper extremity of the up er of the shoe, 7

ig. 3 is a detail (perspective new of the lacing flap employe Fig. 4 is a sectional v1ew showing the manner in which the lacing flap is engaged with the. upper for lacing up the shoe,

Fig. 5 is a detail perspect ve v1ew showin the lace detached. in order that the constructlon, mounting and operation of my improved fastener may,

be accuratelyundcrstood jI have, in v the drawings, shown the device-in connect on with a conventional type of shoe 10 having Specification of Letters Patent.

- eyelets and is then loopedback and forth as- Patented' Feb. 12. 1918.

an upper formed with sides 11 and 12. In carrying out the invention, 1 secure to the side 11 of the upper, ad acent the front opening therein, a plurality of eyelets 13 arranged in alinement. Connected to the said opening, are a plurality of eyelets 14 which are also arranged in aliner'nent.- The eyelets ll are similar to the eyelets 13 and are arranged at the lower extremity of the said side of the upper. Disposed abovethe row of eyelets 13 is a row of eyelets 15 'whlch, as particularly shown in Fig. 2 -of the drawlngs, are offset with respect to the opposite side-12 of the upper, adjacent the l row of eyelets 14. The purpose of this ar-' rangement will presently appear. Connected with the lowermost!) let 14' is. a lace 16. T1115 lace may be armed of leather orother approved materialand isgflfi with a suitable hook 17' engaging in the; sai eyelet. From the lowermost eyelet '14, the

lace 16 is carried through the lowermost;

eyelet-13 to form a loop between-the said particularly shown in F i 1 between the eyelets 13 and 14 until the lace has been carried through the uppermost eyeletlet and a corresponding oppositely. dis sed eyelet 13. From this eyelet 13, the liihe is then passed through the lowermost of a plurality" of eyelets 18- carried b a lacing flap 19. This flap may be form'eof leather or other approved material and is of a length sub stantially equal-to the row of eyelets 15. As particularly shown in Fig. 3 of the draw-- provided, at the adjacentterminalthereto??? ings, the eyelets 1-8 are arranged; in a row 1 upon the flap ad acent one margm thereof and mounted in a row upon the opposite margin of the flap to project laterally therefrom are a plurality of hooks 20 arranged opposite the eyelets 18. and corresponding" in number to the number of the eyelets. 15. Extending from/the inner edge of the flap.

19 is a tab 21 and extending from the outerf E;

edge of the said flap are a. plurality of tabs 22.

It is now to be observed that the eyelets 18 in the flap 19 are spaced apart to correspondto the-spacing of the ,eyelets 13 in the side ll ofthe upper of the shoe so that after thelace' lfi' 'has been passedthrough the lowermostIot'ithe' eyelets 18 in the flap, the

said laoeginay, as illustrated in Fig. 1, be looped back and forth betweenthe eyelets 13and 18 .for connecting the flap with the v lace. llhese uppermost loops of the lace- Which are thus engaged with the flap 19 Will consequently be free at corresponding ends thereof with respect to the side 12- of the upper of the shoe. For. anchoring the said loops of the lace, the hooks 20 of the said flap are, as particularly shown in Fig. l engaged in the eyelets l5 and for drawing the flap to position over the said eyelets, the tabs 22 are provided upon the flap so that the flap may be easily grasped by the said After the flap has been moved to position the hooks 20 over the eyelets 15, the tab 21 may then be grasped for shifting the flap to engage the hooks Within the said eyelets. lVith the upper end of the lace free, the hooks 20 of the flap 19 may thus be easily engaged with the eyelets l5 foesimultaneously anchoring all of the uppermost loops of the lace to the side 12 of the upper of the shoe and it will now be noted that the row of eyelets 15 is ofiset with respect to the row of eyelets 14 a distance corresponding to the distance between the row of eyelets upon the flap 19 and the row of hooks 209 Therefore, with the hooks engaged Within the row of eyelets 15, the eyelets 18 of the flap will be held in alinement With the row of eyelets 14: to thus-maintain the uniform-- ity in the appearance of the eyelets at opposite sides of the opening in the upper. Furthermore, this arrangement will, of course, tend to enhance the attractive appearance of the fastener.

From the uppermost eyelet 13, the upper end of the lace is carried, across the flap l9 and around the side 12 of the upper to he adjustably secured by arranged in the rearot the upper. Accord ingly, after the flap 19 has been secured in place, the upper extremity of the lace may be drawn to tighten up the lace when by securing the free end of the lace by the clamp 23, the shoe will be securely fastened. Furthermore, since the free end of the lace is arranged to overlie the flap. 19, such free end of the lace will act to lock the flap 19 in position to. thus reduce to a minimum the possibility of the accidental displacement of the said flap.

It will therefore be seen that I provide a particularly simple and efficient construction for the purpose set forth. To unfasten a locking clamp 23 the shoe, simply necessary to release the I when by disengaging the Q Map 19, the uppermost loops of the lace will he freed to free the sides of the upper of the shoe so that the shoe may be easily and 'e W removed. In like manner, the flap unaltaneously securing all ns the iace when by draw race, the shoe may he read eyelet at one side of the upper ot the he with the side 12 of the hein offset with res set to the intermediate eyelets upon the-said side of the upper( of a tastenert'or the shoe including a lace haclr and torth between the sides of the up per t rough the said eyelets, a lacing hap prov with an eyelet having the uppe most loop of the lace passed there hrough means carried by the flap and engageahle in the oilset uppermost eyelet of the side of the upper for securing the nppermos' loop oi the lace to the said side of the upper with the eyelet of the flap arranged in aiine- :ment with. the intermediate eyelets upon the said side of the upper and means for secur ing the tree and otthe lace.

3. A fastener shoes including lact looped hack and forth between the sides 0 the upper oi: he shoe, a lacing flap con nected to the uppermost loop of the lace, means carried by said flap and arranged tor engagement a" for securing tl upper at the jecting from said flap and adapted to he grasped for 'ianipulating the flap, and means for se ing the free end of the lace.

testimoi said loop of the lace to said side thereof, a tab prowhereof .l aliis any signature. 7:

none side of the shoe upper 

